Mattress



April 23, 1929. v. o. MULKEY HA'ITRES S Filed NOV. 24, 1926 INVENTOR v VDMuLKL- ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 23,,1'929;

UNITED stairs PATENT-OFFICE!" VAUGHN 1). M'ULKEY, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA;

MATTRESS.

Application filed November being disposed on the inside oft-he top and bottom cover of the mattress and on the outside at the side edge thereot. it is a turthe! ject oi. the invention to eilect the tram sition from inside to outside at the seams so the material oi? the cover itself remains uuarl tee-ted and is not weakened by passing the strip thcretluou gh. Further objects and ad vant ges of my invention will apper r as the specification Pl'OrQCdSQ 'ilhe preferred form of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in Whieh f higlu'e 1 shows a perspective view of a n ess having: my handle attached thereto,

l igure 2 a. vertical section through a corner of the mattress before the edge is rolled, and I ll? igure 3 a similar sect on ehovv'ing the corner after the edge is rolled.

While l have shown only the preferred term of the invention, Wish to have it understood that various changes or modifications may he made Within the scope of the eleim herehi) attached Without departing from the-spirit of the invention.

The mattress l eomprses the tielriua'fl, the stuiiing 3, and the cover l surrounch n the entire mattress. The cover forms the particular subject matter oi? the present iuventime although it should be understood that the feature of the handle might be incorporated in the ticking Without departing fromthe spirit of the present invention. A strip of material ti is arranged relative to the cover so as toeneircle the entire mattress and to thereby reinforce the same. That portion of the strip designated by the numeral 7 2 2; 1926. Serial No. 150,395.

and lying adjacent the top and the bottom of the cover is disposed on the inside thereof, while the portion 8 alon the side of the cov or projects to the out. "do and forms a conveuient handle for nmnipulating the mattress. 'lhe transition from the inside to the outside "taliesplace atthe seam 9 as illustrated in t Figure 2 from which it Will be seen that the material of the cover itself is not affected in any Way by the transition oi? the strip -from the in de to the outside to that there is no weakening of the material at any spot. heuthe edges oi the mattress are rolled in the i'nanuer shown in Figure 3, a portion of the cover, the tic-king, and the slimlin is separated from the main body section oi" the mattress and the strip air-companies terial oi the cover.

fit the top and bottom oi themattress,

\ strip 7 is preferably sewed to the cover while the section 8 forming theha-indle is tree of the cover. It should he understood, of course, that while the strip 7 is deserihed in this s ')eeilieation as a eoutiiiuous strip, it is not necessary that the same he made o t one piece throughout the extent thereof, and it might be preferable to use diliierent material for the strip along the top and bottom edges from that used along the sides. it is important, however, that there he sueh eontinuity in the strip that handling: of the handle 8 "will make itself i'elt around the entire mattress.

I claim:

A mattress con'rprisinp; a stuiiiug, a rover VAUGHN 1). MULKEY.

the mawhereof I my signature. 

